Nowadays, the knowledge paid courses on the web, the title is full of crash courses**.
0 basic photography 7 days to speed up, 7 days to practice the vest line, 7 days to become a freelance editor.
7-day crash, 21-day crash, and so on, I think everyone should be familiar with such course promotion titles. The heart desperate to find a way out is instigated by these short-term quick words, and the heart that is ready to move moves the hand that pays for it.
So I once bought several courses like this, and after learning them, I found that most of the content in them is a collection of collated manuscripts of common books on the Internet or similar books.
As a result, it is conceivable that when the desires that are stimulated in the short term are not satisfied, confidence is more likely to be hit, and it becomes more difficult to persevere.
Until I saw a passage in the book "Be Friends with Time":
There is only one core idea to solve the problem - everything depends on accumulation. Convinced of the power of accumulation, time is your friend, otherwise, time is your enemy.
01 All current conditions are the result of the accumulation of the past
There is a view in the book that all the present is the result of the accumulation of the past, and the future is the result and cause of the accumulation of the present.
Yes, dissatisfaction with the status quo, that's because the past accumulation is not enough. If there is so much quick success, how can there be so much dissatisfaction and struggle.
Among the classic and long-selling books or celebrity cases, there is not a single case that preaches that knowledge, skills, or achievements can be achieved through quick success.
There is such a sentence in Franklin's autobiography: There are only a few people who have achieved happiness because they have hit a once-in-a-lifetime fortune, and there are many people who have been born because of the accumulation of small favors.
An example we learned Xi from elementary school – Leonardo da Vinci drawing eggs. The teacher asked him to draw eggs for 3 years, and he was able to practice solid basic skills, and eventually became a master of the generation.
The documentary "The God of Sushi" features sushi chef Jiro Ono from Tokyo, whose sushi restaurant has received three Michelin stars and is one of the most difficult restaurants in the world to book. In the film, he is nearly 90 years old and still relentlessly honing his skills and has achieved extraordinary achievements.
These geniuses in our eyes, leaders in various fields, have all made extraordinary achievements after accumulating over time.
So, let go of the idea of crash and stay away from these title parties.
02 The sooner you act, the less pain you have
Since the quick plan cannot be achieved, the sooner you want to change, the sooner you act, the faster you will have to reach your goal as soon as possible, and the shorter the time for pain and entanglement.
All the present suffering can also be attributed to the fact that it did not begin before, so that the suffering continues to this day.
There is a passage in the social psychology research book "Who Am I": If we want to change ourselves in some important way, it is best not to wait for some epiphany or a flash of inspiration. Sometimes what we need is action, like starting to write something, typing something, or meeting someone, even if we don't really like it. To strengthen our beliefs, we should practice them first.
Behavior reinforces a person's beliefs, which in turn guide a person's behavior, and the two interact to form a virtuous circle.
Whatever you want to do, set yourself a budget for five minutes from now on. Accumulate steps, to thousands of miles.
03 All you need is a generous time budget
We also often ask ourselves before we start, will I get the results I want after doing this?No one can answer this question for sure.
But the answer that can be given in the affirmative is that if you don't do it, you will definitely not get the result you want.
There is a passage in the book "Self-study is a Craft" that I like: No matter what craft you learn, you know that as long as you take time, you will definitely be able to do it well, because all the refinement of the craft depends on a sufficient budget.
In this day and age, it has become extremely convenient to gain confidence, and you can quickly find information and methods for what you want to learn.
It may be clumsy and difficult at first, but with the accumulation of time, you will definitely reach your goal.
Xi